Three hybrid musk Buff Beauty roses are sitting in the "bud vase" on my desk as I write this, scenting the entire room. If you don't have a hybrid musk rose, or a strongly scented one like Peace, Papa Meilland or My Lincoln, purchase one now. Or stroll around your suburb later, stickybeaking - or rather "sticky nosing" - until you locate the scent. Then you can ask for a pruned "cutting" next winter, and have it for free.
If you can't smell a rose from the footpath, it's not the one you want.
